Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

रश्मिपा उपहूताश्च तथैवायंतुनाः परे । तथा श्राद्धभुजश्चान्ये स्मृता नान्दीमुखा नृप

Transliteration

raśmipā upahūtāśca tathaivāyaṃtunāḥ pare | tathā śrāddhabhujaścānye smṛtā nāndīmukhā nṛpa

Translation

Ô Roi, les Pitṛs nommés Raśmipā, les Upahūta, les Āyaṃtunā, et d’autres appelés Śrāddhabhuja, sont rappelés comme les Pitṛs Nandīmukha.

Word by Word

• रश्मिपाः: Raśmipā (ray-drinking Pitṛs)
• रश्मिपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि-पा (प्रातिपदिक; रश्मि + पा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः

• उपहूताः: invoked
• उपहूताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-ह्वे (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः, पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; कर्मणि (‘invoked/called’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; ‘likewise/also’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphatic particle)

• आयंतुनाः: Āyaṃtunā (a class of Pitṛs)
• आयंतुनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयंतुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; पितृगण-विशेषः (पाठान्तर/दुर्लभ-शब्दः)

• परे: others
• परे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अन्ये पितरः)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थे

• श्राद्धभुजः: Śrāddhabhuj (eaters of śrāddha offerings)
• श्राद्धभुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध-भुज् (प्रातिपदिक; श्राद्ध + भुज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘eaters of śrāddha’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• स्मृताः: are known/remembered
• स्मृताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः, पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; कर्मणि (‘are remembered/called’)

• नान्दीमुखाः: Nāndīmukha (a class of Pitṛs)
• नान्दीमुखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नान्दी-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; नान्दी + मुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः; पितृगण-विशेषः

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic dialogue context; likely a sage/narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual teacher enumerates pitṛ-names to a seated king; behind them, a symbolic panel shows four luminous pitṛ-figures labeled Raśmipā, Upahūta, Āyaṃtunā, Śrāddhabhuj, signifying Nandīmukha recipients.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Raśmipāḥ
• Upahūtāḥ
• Āyaṃtunāḥ
• Śrāddhabhujaḥ
• Nandīmukha Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It classifies revered ancestral beings (Pitṛs) and underscores that śrāddha is a dharmic duty directed to specific Pitṛ groups.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse itself is doctrinal (Pitṛ classification) within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha is not named in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha is implied through the term śrāddhabhujaḥ—Pitṛs who receive śrāddha offerings—indicating the rite’s intended recipients.